All-State Orchestra Moving to Fort Collins
2008-09 Colorado All State High
School Orchestra
Audition Information for: Percussion
All percussion applicants will be required to audition
on snare drum, tympani and marimba or xylophone. Minimum requirements of octaves
and tempi for scales on marimba are listed below. Minimum requirements of tempi
for excerpts will be those listed below.
Please read the taping procedures carefully and complete the audition form
clearly and correctly. Tapes, materials and fees (payable to Colorado Music
Educators Association) must be postmarked by October 17, 2008. No CD/tape will
be accepted for adjudication thereafter.
Tapes/CDs should contain the following material: (Do not announce the student’s
name on the recording!)
Snare Drum:
Orchestral style roll – pp crescendo for 15 seconds to ff diminuendo for 15
seconds to pp
Advanced Snare Drum Studies by Michael Peters
Marimba or Xylophone:
D Major Scale – 2 octaves in sixteenth notes, quarter = approx. 112
E-flat Major Scale - 2 octaves in sixteenth notes, quarter = approx. 112
C natural minor scale - 2 octaves in sixteenth notes, quarter = approx. 112
Bach Bouree in E Major
Timpani:
Roll on B-flat – pp crescendo for 15 seconds to ff diminuendo for 15 seconds to
pp
Symphonic Metamorphosis by Hindemith (as marked)
Modern Method for Timpani – Exercise #69 by Saul Goodman
ALL STATE ORCHESTRA February 12-14, 2009